There are plenty of explanation about how to get buttons to display like standard dialogue buttons - which I follow. I have this in my xml:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:divider="?android:attr/dividerVertical"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarStyle"
android:showDividers="middle"
android:measureWithLargestChild="true">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_cancel"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:background="#drawable/dialog_button"
android:text="#string/button_cancel" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_ok"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="4"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:background="#drawable/dialog_button"
android:text="#string/button_ok" />
</LinearLayout>
This works perfectly well and produces the visual design I need. However when I touch the buttons, they don't highlight. This is rather annoying, as everything else is exactly as it should be. It seems that the buttonBarButtonStyle doesn't include the state drawables for different states of the button. Is there an easy way to get the highlight back?
Of course, I can just define my own state drawable defining different colours, but I want to use theme colours instead.
You need to apply the background:
android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
to achieve the default "button bar" style and behavior.
I created a personal keyboard and set the background image to the one of the buttons, but after that button size (with my background) is different from one another.
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonShift"
android:paddingTop="0dip"
android:textSize="22sp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textStyle="bold" />
Set background:
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonShift"
android:background="#drawable/sym_keyboard_shift_off"
android:paddingTop="0dip"
android:textSize="22sp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textStyle="bold" />
Please, see the screen of the buttons
Before:
After:
Image size: 106x68
I would advise you to:
Change your drawable a bit - remove the orange rectangle background, keep only the arrow with transparent background (from now on I will use the name shift_off_arrow as a name of described drawable). The transparent background should be only as big as it is needed to keep the whole arrow. Not bigger.
Define a new color - the color of your orange background (from this moment I will assume you have defined it and I will be using name orange_background)
Use ImageButton instead of Button (just like satnam singh and Hamid Shatu said in a comments to your question)
Use code like this (manipulate with all paddings to get the size of the arrow exactly like you want):
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/buttonShift"
android:background="#color/orange_background"
android:src="#drawable/shift_off_arrow"
android:paddingTop="0dip"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" />
I have a button with a symbol of an arrow. Besides, I want to have some margin between the button and the adjacent elements:
<Button
android:id="#+id/TSPrev"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:background="#android:color/holo_orange_light"
android:text="#string/left"
android:textSize="60sp" />
However, when I do this, the arrow appears like this:
How can I keep the text centered vertically when I have margins? Without them, the button text appears correctly.
Thanks
May be This will Help You :
<Button
android:id="#+id/notification"
style="#style/Wrap"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:background="#drawable/red_shape_corner"
android:drawableRight="#drawable/notification_bell"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"
android:text="#string/str_notification"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
You Need to use
// Nothing but Image like Arrow etc.
android:drawableRight="#drawable/notification_bell"
// Here you can put you text
android:text="#string/str_notification"
Try using android:gravity="center".
android:gravity attribute documentation
Suppose I have a footer like the following in my app, defined in a XML file such as footer.xml:
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/llfooter"
android:layout_weight="1" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_height="0dp"
android:visibility="visible" android:background="#drawable/fbg"
android:weightSum="5.0" android:gravity="center"
android:layout_margin="0dp">
<Button android:id="#+id/home" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/home" android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:padding="10px"></Button>
<Button android:id="#+id/issue" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#android:drawable/ic_menu_send" android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:padding="10px"></Button>
<Button android:id="#+id/browse" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#android:drawable/ic_menu_slideshow" android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:padding="10px"></Button>
<Button android:id="#+id/search" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/search" android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:padding="10px"></Button>
<Button android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/favorite"
android:background="#drawable/favorite" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:focusable="true"
android:clickable="true"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF" android:padding="10px"></Button>
</LinearLayout>
Now, the problem is that home, issue, browse, etc. are PNG icons, and when I tap on them, user can't have feedback of touching, because they stay unchanged.
I would like to change background colour on pressing them (e.g. just a bit lighter). I know I can write down XML drawables () one per button, such as the following
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/bgalt" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/bgalt" />
<item android:drawable="#drawable/bgnorm" />
</selector>
.. but if I have 10 buttons (say, 5 for footer, 5 for header) I should create other 10 buttons with altered background (so more work with graph editor and .apk heavier because of more raster icons.. ).
Is there a way to create (even in java) a ligher color "onClick" and normal color "onRelease" instead, with only one icon per feature in resources?
Any suggestions?
Tnx in advance.
Gabo
Use an ImageButton, and set the android:src parameter to the button drawable with a transparent background, then set the android:background value to a selector drawable that changes color when selected for example.
That way you have a set of drawables for your icons and one drawable only for the background which changes according to the state of your button
you can get button bitmap in onTouch in the code and change color, but it's bad idea.
selector is best solution.
I'm trying to have an image (as the background) on a button and add dynamically, depending on what's happening during run-time, some text above/over the image.
If I use ImageButton I don't even have the possibility to add text.
If I use Button I can add text but only define an image with android:drawableBottom and similar XML attributes as defined here.
However these attributes only combine text & image in x- and y-dimensions, meaning I can draw an image around my text, but not below/under my text (with the z-axis defined as coming out of the display).
Any suggestions on how to do this? One idea would be to either extend Button or ImageButton and override the draw()-method. But with my current level of knowledge I don't really know how to do this (2D rendering). Maybe someone with more experience knows a solution or at least some pointers to start?
For users who just want to put Background, Icon-Image and Text in one Button from different files: Set on a Button background, drawableTop/Bottom/Rigth/Left and padding attributes.
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/home_btn_test"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/home_icon_test"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:id="#+id/ButtonTest"
android:paddingTop="32sp"
android:drawablePadding="-15sp"
android:text="this is text"></Button>
For more sophisticated arrangement you also can use RelativeLayout (or any other layout) and make it clickable.
Tutorial: Great tutorial that covers both cases: http://izvornikod.com/Blog/tabid/82/EntryId/8/Creating-Android-button-with-image-and-text-using-relative-layout.aspx
There's a much better solution for this problem.
Just take a normal Button and use the drawableLeft and the gravity attributes.
<Button
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/my_btn_icon"
android:gravity="left|center_vertical" />
This way you get a button which displays a icon in the left side of the button and the text at the right site of the icon vertical centered.
You can call setBackground() on a Button to set the background of the button.
Any text will appear above the background.
If you are looking for something similar in xml there is:
android:background attribute which works the same way.
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/home_button"
android:drawableLeft="#android:drawable/ic_menu_edit"
android:drawablePadding="6dp"
android:gravity="left|center"
android:height="60dp"
android:padding="6dp"
android:text="AndroidDhina"
android:textColor="#000"
android:textStyle="bold" />
Just use a LinearLayout and pretend it's a Button - setting background and clickable is the key:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:drawable/btn_default"
android:clickable="true"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/img"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/image" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:text="Do stuff" />
</LinearLayout>
just replace
android:background="#drawable/icon"
with
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/[your background image here]"
izz a pretty good trick.. ;)
I took a different approach from the ones stated here, and it is working really well, so I wanted to share it.
I'm using a Style to create a custom button with image at the left and text at the center-right. Just follow the 4 "easy steps" below:
I. Create your 9 patches using at least 3 different PNG files and the tool you have at: /YOUR_OWN_PATH/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools/./draw9patch. After this you should have:
button_normal.9.png, button_focused.9.png and button_pressed.9.png
Then download or create a 24x24 PNG icon.
ic_your_icon.png
Save all in the drawable/ folder on your Android project.
II. Create a XML file called button_selector.xml in your project under the drawable/ folder. The states should be like this:
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/button_pressed" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:drawable="#drawable/button_focused" />
<item android:drawable="#drawable/button_normal" />
III. Go to the values/ folder and open or create the styles.xml file and create the following XML code:
<style name="ButtonNormalText" parent="#android:style/Widget.Button">
<item name="android:textColor" >#color/black</item>
<item name="android:textSize" >12dip</item>
<item name="android:textStyle" >bold</item>
<item name="android:height" >44dip</item>
<item name="android:background" >#drawable/button_selector</item>
<item name="android:focusable" >true</item>
<item name="android:clickable" >true</item>
</style>
<style name="ButtonNormalTextWithIcon" parent="ButtonNormalText">
<item name="android:drawableLeft" >#drawable/ic_your_icon</item>
</style>
ButtonNormalTextWithIcon is a "child style" because it is extending ButtonNormalText (the "parent style").
Note that changing the drawableLeft in the ButtonNormalTextWithIcon style, to drawableRight, drawableTop or drawableBottom you can place the icon in other position with respect to the text.
IV. Go to the layout/ folder where you have your XML for the UI and go to the Button where you want to apply the style and make it look like this:
<Button android:id="#+id/buttonSubmit"
android:text="#string/button_submit"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
style="#style/ButtonNormalTextWithIcon" ></Button>
And... voilà! You got your button with an image at the left side.
For me, this is the better way to do it! because doing it this way you can manage the text size of the button separately from the icon you want to display and use the same background drawable for several buttons with different icons respecting the Android UI Guidelines using styles.
You can also create a theme for your App and add the "parent style" to it so all the buttons look the same, and apply the "child style" with the icon only where you need it.
Important Update
Don't use normal android:drawableLeft etc... with vector drawables, else it
will crash in lower API versions. (I have faced it in live app)
For vector drawable
If you are using vector drawable, then you must
Have you migrated to AndroidX? if not you must migrate to AndroidX first. It is very simple, see what is androidx, and how to migrate?
It was released in version 1.1.0-alpha01, so appcompat version should be at least 1.1.0-alpha01. Current latest version is 1.1.0-alpha02, use latest versions for better reliability, see release notes - link.
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-alpha02'
Use AppCompatTextView/AppCompatButton/AppCompatEditText
Use app:drawableLeftCompat, app:drawableTopCompat, app:drawableRightCompat, app:drawableBottomCompat, app:drawableStartCompat and app:drawableEndCompat
For regular drawable
If you don't need vector drawable, then you can
use android:drawableLeft, android:drawableRight, android:drawableBottom, android:drawableTop
You can use either regular TextView, Button & EditText or AppCompat classes.
You can achieve Output like below -
<Button android:id="#+id/imeageTextBtn"
android:layout_width="240dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Side Icon With Text Button"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/left_side_icon"
/>
You can use drawableTop (also drawableLeft, etc) for the image and set text below the image by adding the gravity left|center_vertical
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_video"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:background="#null"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/videos"
android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
android:onClick="onClickFragment"
android:text="Videos"
android:textColor="#color/white" />
MaterialButton has support for setting an icon and aligning it to the text:
<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My button"
app:icon="#drawable/your_icon"
app:iconGravity="textStart"
/>
app:iconGravity can also be to start / end if you want to align the icon to the button instead of the text inside it.
Since version 1.5.0-beta01, app:iconGravity can also be top / textTop (commit)
<Button
android:id="#+id/groups_button_bg"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Groups"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/[image]" />
android:drawableLeft
android:drawableRight
android:drawableBottom
android:drawableTop
http://www.mokasocial.com/2010/04/create-a-button-with-an-image-and-text-android/
Probably my solution will suit for a lot of users, I hope so.
What I am suggesting it is making TextView with your style. It works for me perfectly, and has got all features, like a button.
First of all lets make button style, which you can use everywhere...I am creating button_with_hover.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" >
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="3dip" />
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#8dbab3" />
<gradient android:angle="-90" android:startColor="#48608F" android:endColor="#48608F" />
</shape>
<!--#284682;-->
<!--border-color: #223b6f;-->
</item>
<item android:state_focused="true">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="3dip" />
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#284682" />
<solid android:color="#284682"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item >
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="3dip" />
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#color/ControlColors" />
<gradient android:angle="-90" android:startColor="#color/ControlColors" android:endColor="#color/ControlColors" />
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
Secondly,
Lets create a textview button.
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dip"
android:layout_gravity="right|bottom"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="12dip"
android:background="#drawable/button_with_hover"
android:clickable="true"
android:drawableLeft="#android:drawable/btn_star_big_off"
android:textColor="#ffffffff"
android:text="Golden Gate" />
And this is a result. Then style your custom button with any colors or any other properties and margins. Good luck
This code works for me perfectly
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/choosePhotosView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="center"
android:clickable="true"
android:background="#drawable/transparent_button_bg_rev_selector">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/choose_photo"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:text="#string/choose_photos_tv"/>
</LinearLayout>
To combine Button and drawableTop and still get the click response, you can use button style #style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless to make it transparent.
<Button
android:id="#+id/settings"
style="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/ic_baseline_settings_24"
android:drawableTint="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:text="#string/settings"
android:textColor="?attr/colorPrimary" />
<Button android:id="#+id/myButton"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Image Button"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/myimage"
/>
Or you can programmatically:
Drawable drawable = getResources.getDrawable(R.drawable.myimage);
drawable.setBounds(0, 0, 60, 60);
myButton.setCompoundDrawables(null, drawable, null, null);//to the Top of the Button
You can use this:
<Button
android:id="#+id/reset_all"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/btn_med"
android:text="Reset all"
android:textColor="#ffffff" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/undo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/btn_med"
android:text="Undo"
android:textColor="#ffffff" />
in that i have put an image as background and also added text..!
Make a fake button.
It's really the only way
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fake_button"
android:layout_width=" .. "
android:layout_height=" .. "
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:clickable="true"
android:onClick="tappedNext">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/fake_image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/your_amazing_drawable" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fake_text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Next"
android:fontFamily="#font/ .. "
android:textColor="#color/ .. "
android:textSize=" .. " />
</FrameLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/temp"
/>